Our current coupon is good for 10% off your loose tea order. Enter code ILOVETEA in the coupon field during checkout. No minimum purchase. Discount good only on loose leaf tea. One use per customer. Expires March 18th.

Green Tea Book "Green Tea - 50 Hot Drinks, Cool Quenchers, and Sweet and Savory Treats" by Mary Lou Heiss, a food and travel writer, is a beautiful little recipe book. Now 20% off! New Tea Lovers' Treasury New Tea Lovers' Treasury, by America's best-known tea guru, James Norwood Pratt, is a fascinating and informative journey into the vast world of tea. Now 20% off! Tea Poetry Includes poems from around the world from the 3rd - 21st centuries. Now 20% off! For Life Teabag Teapots Designed especially for teabags to prevent over-steeping with a mess-free built-in teabag rest. Now 40% off!

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For Life 24 oz Curve Teapot and the Curve Tall Infuser Mug are now available in Sage Green.

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Lucky Dragon Hyson Hyson translates to “Flourishing Spring” and this particular varietal imparts the fresh green character you would expect to be a part of any springtime tea experience. Traditionally, 'hyson' referred to old to medium leaves (leaves below the new growing shoots at the top of the bush) manufactured in a rolled long twisted and sometimes almost clam shaped. The term ‘young’ was added to the nomenclature to distinguish that the tea was made from young leaves (new shoots) and therefore better quality and better tasting. This tea became so highly favored in the 1700’s that the British Tea Tax was actually higher for this variety over other teas. Lucky Dragon Hyson is from a specific factory that further identified their tea because even though produced in the young hyson style it is much better than typical young hyson. Use 1 tsp. per cup and steep 3 minutes in steaming water. Now on sale, prices listed are 10% off!

The addition of milk reduces the antioxidant capacity of black tea. Although not as popular in the United States, it is quite common in Britain to add milk to black tea. Some research has shown that this practice may interfere with the antioxidants in black tea, but the results have been inconsistent. In a study just published in the British journal Nutrition Research, researchers examined five brands of British black tea with the addition of 10, 15, and 20 mL (for reference, one fluid ounce is roughly 28 mL) of whole, low-fat, and skim cow's milk to 200-mL of brewed tea (about 7 oz.). They found that skim milk decreased the antioxidant capacity of the tea significantly more than either whole milk or low-fat milk. The authors conclude that "black tea is a valuable source of antioxidants and that the effect of milk on the total antioxidant capacity may be related to the fat content of the milk." Source: Nutrition Research Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 14-20. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2009.11.005

A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. - Ancient Chinese proverb The effect of tea is cooling and as a beverage it is most suitable. It is especially fitting for persons of self-restraint and inner worth. - Lu Yu (715-803), Ch'a Ching There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea. - Bernard-Paul Heroux

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